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Human Rights Watch says NATO air strikes in Libya last year killed 72 civilians

Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths

12:52 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)

A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year.

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